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...policymaker. Whatever balance she strikes between the two extremes, her lower-profile, more direct initiative is a welcome departure from the Armani-clad Harvard students who flock to the IOP’s liaison program, hoping to cultivate whatever connections might give them a rung up on the political ladder a few years down the road. No matter what cause she chooses to devote herself to, I hope that all Americans, especially Harvardians, pay special attention—sometimes the people most deserving of praise fly below the radar...
...Cohen reeled off consecutive victories as the first, fourth, and seventh seeds to overcome a stunned Quaker team.“It was nice because we definitely came together as a team,” Cohen said. “Usually we rely on the top of the ladder for wins, but it was towards the middle and end of the ladder that we were stronger.”With victories from the fourth through seventh positions, the Crimson demonstrated enough depth to make a strong showing at the CSA National Team Championships in two weeks. But, after running...
Like a new Pope stepping out of the conclave or the latest U.S. Supreme Court appointment, the election of the Russian Orthodox Patriarch comes with a fundamental question for anyone who's just nabbed a lifetime post atop his career ladder: Will he be in the future how he's been in the past...
...always an email to answer, a paper or memo to read, and a lecture to give or receive. Success in today's professional world doesn't mean retiring at fifty to play golf in Florida, it means working more and more hours as you move up a towering ladder of economic opportunity (and inequality). Socializing usually revolves around professional colleagues...
...argument that Victor Fleming was one of the unsung titans of his era, An American Movie Master also makes for a fascinating case study in how power was acquired, wielded and lost during the 1930s and '40s. Fleming knew the score as few did, working his way up the ladder to take control of some of the most ambitious, unwieldy and risky epics in movie history. For readers with a limited knowledge of the movie industry, its transition from silents to talkies, and the rise of the big studio picture, Sragow's thorough scene-setting could double as a cinematic...